forest ranger
noun
: an officer charged with the patrolling and guarding of a forest
especially
: one in charge of the management and protection of a portion of a public forest
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Female forest rangers in Indonesia are rare, says Eulis Utami, director of an nongovernmental organization called Hutan Itu Indonesia, or Indonesia is Forest, which aims to educate Indonesians about their tropical rainforest, the world’s third-largest.
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Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
Jack De Mave, who portrayed a U.S. forest ranger on Lassie and an unconventional date for Valerie Harper’s Rhoda Morgenstern on the second episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Think of forest rangers trained to spot the faintest signs of a wildfire.
—Amarandhar Kotha, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
First responders — including sheriff’s deputies, state forest rangers, state police and local firefighters — descended on the crash scene around 6 p.m.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
Jack De Mave, who portrayed a U.S. forest ranger on Lassie and an unconventional date for Valerie Harper’s Rhoda Morgenstern on the second episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Think of forest rangers trained to spot the faintest signs of a wildfire.
—Amarandhar Kotha, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
First responders — including sheriff’s deputies, state forest rangers, state police and local firefighters — descended on the crash scene around 6 p.m.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Forest ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20ranger. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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